Seeding attachment for plows.



No. 656,579. Patented Aug. 2|, I900.

F. FLIGH &. A. FIRLINGER.

SEEDING ATTACHMENT FUR PLOWS.

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No. 656,579. Patented Aug. 2|, I900.

F. FLIGH &. A. FIBLTNGEB. SEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS.

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AUSTRIA? SEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR PLOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 656,579, dated August21, 1900.

Application filed January 80, 1900. Serial No. 3,309. (No model.) i

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANZ FLIOH and AN- TON FIRLINGER, citizens of theEmpire of Austria-Hungary, residing at. Neunkirchen,

working apparatus for sowing and planting applicable to plows of variousconstructions and to be used in place of the complicated and thereforecostly sowing and planting machines hitherto inuse. This apparatus savesmuch time and labor, especially to the small -farmer, inasmuch as itplows and sows or plants the seed in one operation bystrewing the seedon the first-leveled ground and subsequently covering it with earth. Theapparatus works absolutely automatically and can be easily and quicklymounted on the plow Without altering its construction.

In the accompanying drawings, which show a sowing and planting apparatusattached to a plow, Figure 1 isa side View, partly longitudinallysectioned. Fig. 2 is a rear View Fig. 3 is a plan view. Figs. 4:, 5, 6,7, and 8 are detail plan and sectional views of modifications of theseed-carrying slide and adjuncts. Figs. 4 and 4. are transversesections, partly in elevation, of the slides and, guides therefor shownin Fig. 4. Figs. 9 and 10 show rear and side views of apeculiarlyconstr'ucted plow with planting attachment, by which theground may be plowed and 1eveled and the seed sown or planted andcovered with earth all inone operation, as hereinafter fully described.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe drawings.

On a suitably-strengthened cross or bolt bar 3, Figs; 1 and 2,connecting the handles 1 with the plowshare 2, a hanger 4 is secured,which extends with its lower end nearly to the ground, the upper endbeing bent rectan gularly. The upper horizontal arm 6 of the hanger 4,which arm may be strengthened by a brace 7, supports the seedbox 5. IThe lower end of the hanger 4. is forked or made with a slot 18; inwhich the axle 9, bearing the steering and carrying wheel 8, may beadjusted according to the height of the latter. This wheel ispressedagainst the ground by the weight of the machine,and therefore turns whenmoved forward, the cogs or spikes 10 on its rim securing a steadymotion. The wheel 8 has a crank-pin l1, furnishing a pivot connectionfor the two-part connecting-rod 12, which is adjustable in length andsecured onthe shorter arm of a link-lever 14; 15, the longer arm ofwhich lever has a slot 16 and a handlelike end or extension 17. Near thehanger 1 and parallel to it there is another hanger 19, secured at oneend to the bolt-bar 3 and at the other end to'the seedbox' 5, saidhanger having a slot 20 in its upper part. In this slot the block 21 isadjustable, which block is joined by the link 22 to the link-lever 1 115, into the slot of which said link is fastened by the bolt 23. It istherefore evident that the turning of the wheel 8 will by the cor- Figs.'4 and 4 being cross-sections of the same. Fig. 5 is a front view of asingle slide, partially in section and partially in plan View. Inaccordance with l the construction of the slides the seedbox 5 isprovided with internal inclined plates 45, as represented in Figs. 7 and8, in two modifications for double-acting slides. v 3

In Figs. 1 to 3 are shown two slides 25 26, movable longitudinally toand fro on'the bottom of the seedbox. Slide 25, is elongated toward therear and is there provided with a slot 27, in which engagesthe upper end17 of the link-lever lat 15. This slot is long enough to allow the leverend 17 to move freely when desired without moving the slide 25. In orderto couple the slide 25 with the lever end 17, a hinged flap 29 islocated on the end of the slide, which when down in the position shownin full lines, Fig. 1, covers the slot 29 in such a manner that thelever end 17 can no longer move freely in the slide, but is forced toshiftit in both directions. The slide 25 transmits its motion to theparallel slide 26by means of a two-armed lever 31, provided with slots32, into which pins 33 project, said lever turning on the bolt 30, whichprojects through an extended portion of the bottom of the seedbox 5 fromthe hanger 4. The slide 26 naturally has a contrary motion to the slide25. Each slide 25 and 26 has a vertical opening 34 and 35, respectively,in which by the motion of the slides the seeds are carried from the box5 to the funnel 36 37, through which they drop to the distributor 38 andto the ground. The dimensions of the slots 34 35 determine the quantityof the simultaneously dropped seeds. For planting Indian corn, beets,&c., the slides 25 26 are made with a hole 39, Figs. 5' and 6, of aboutthe size of the seeds, adjoining which there is an upwardly-shallowi'ngtray or pocket 40, which keeps all the seeds except the one just readyto drop in the seedbox. To securea sure dropping of the seeds, theslides are double on the forward end in such manner that a leg 41,adjoining the hole 39, can be oscillated on a connecting pivot-pin 44.The opening of the slide may be effected by fixed wedges 42 on theseedboxes and lugs 43 on the slide; but it is immaterial whether thewedges be placed on. the movable part of the slide and the lugs on asuitable point on or over the funnel, or vice versa. As shown in Figs. 1to 4, the slides 25 26 Work alternately, so that while one slide isbeing filled the other discharges the seed into the funnel.

Instead of two slides only one may be used, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8,which can be single or double acting. In planting or when the seed istobe spread as far as possible a single slide with only one opening issufficient. Otherwise a double one can be used,

with inclined plates 45, which lead the seeds to the slide-openings 3435.

Figs. 7 and 8 show suitable forms of the seedbox and views of theslide-openings in both end positions. Suitably constructed and arranged.cut-offs or sweeps 46 prevent thecrushin g of the seeds. It isself-evident that double-acting slides must be provided with doubledevices 42 43 for opening the movable side legs 41. As shown, thedistributing-funnel 37 is mounted so as to extend obliquely sideward anddownward, so that the seeds may not drop into the furrow being plowed,but into the last-completed one. The pipe-sections of the funnel 37 canbe made to telescope and be furnished with a clamp 47, so as to allowthe distributer to be set as desired. When sowing Indian corn, whereonly the alternating furrows are planted, the feedingslide is closedduring the drawing of empty furrows by the closing of the flap 29, Fig.1, dotted lines, whereby the lever extension 17 is allowed to movefreely in the slot 27 without taking the slide 25 along. In order toregulate the size of the slide-openings, which are made conicallysmaller from the top and bottom toward the middle, suitable small slides48, Fig. 4, are provided. By the provision of means to change the sizeof the steering-wheel one is enabled to change the number and by varyingthe position of the link-block 21 the length of the slide strokes.

Figs. 9 and 10 represent a plow with sowing attachment by which sowingor planting and covering of the seed with earth may be donesimultaneously. This plow,whichlookssomewhat like a double-shared one,is characterized by a cover-share 50, placed before the sowingapparatus. This share being hinged somewhat higher than the mainplowshare cuts through the earth mound formed in drawing the precedingfurrow and levels it, so that the sowing apparatus behind can strew theseed on the evened earth. The strippingplate 51 of the cover-share 50 isquite concave, so that the earth scraped from the mound 52 is thrown farenough sideward to cover the seed sown during the drawing of thepreceding furrows. Thus a sowing-plow does triple work. First, it drawsafurrow and forms the earth mound 52; second, it forms on the latter alevel surface and strews the seed on it, and, third, in leveling theearth mound 52 it throws earth on the seed strewn during the drawing ofthe second preceding furrow. With careful plowing the earth mounds areall made of an equal height, so that the leveled mounds or ridges willbe even and the seed evenly covered. By vertically adjusting thecover-share 50 the seed depth canhe regulated. A field tilled in thisway only needs rolling, for the apparatus has performed all the previouswork of plowing, leveling, and

; sowing, with but very little additional labor :to man or beast. inwhich case the seedbox must be provided Having thus described ourinvention, what 1 we claim is- 1. The herein-described apparatus,comprising a seedbox suitably supported on a steering-wheel, andprovided with openings,

substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described apparatus, comprising a seedbox suitably mountedon a steering-wheel, a seed-distributer extending from said box, a.slide guided in the box, said box and slidev having registrableopenings,

and the rear end of said slide having a.slot, a

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suitably-mounted lever, one end of which enters said slot, means forconnecting the lever with the steering-wheel, and means for closing saidslot so that said lever may reciprocate the slide, substantially as setforth.

3. The herein -described apparatus, 001D- prising a seedbox suitablymounted, a slide guided in said box, the box and slide havingregistrable openings, and said slide having a slot in its rear end, alever, one end of which enters said slot, means for oscillating saidlever, and a fiaphinged to the slide and adapted to close said slot sothat the lever may reciprocate the slide, substantially as set forth.

4. The herein-described apparatus, comprising a seedbox suitablysupported on a steering-wheehand provided with an opening, aseed-distributor extending from the said box, a slide guided in said boxand provided with an opening for registering with aforesaid opening,said slide having a slot in its rear end, a lever mounted on anadjustable pivot, and its upper end entering said slot, a connecting-rodbetween the other end of said lever and the steering-Wheel, and meansfor closing said slot so that said lever mayfreciprocate the slide,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANZ FLIOH. ANTON FIRLINGER.

Witnesses:

WILHELM ROEGER, ALVESTO S. HOGUEi

